Open Source Solutions for Schools

LXD is a hypervisor for Linuxcontainer, which is available in Ubuntu since several versions. A Linux container is basically like a virtual machine, only more lightweight. We use LXD / LXC for many of our applications at school. LXD is Read more…

Our core infrastructure at the school is secured with a UPS. Unfortunately we always have power failures (mostly short ones) and with the help of our UPS we can at least bridge them a little. On our UPS hangs a Read more…

After installing Koha in the first part and setting up the bibliographic framework in the second part, today we have to make some basic settings in Koha. We want to create new categories for our users and items, as well Read more…

At the weekend I used the time to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. So far I have used Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity. I am someone who uses the standard if possible, because I don’t want to waste my time Read more…

Today I would like to introduce GeoGebra as another app of the month. It is a very well-known project and it’s probably used in almost all schools in mathematics lessons. But what exactly is GeoGebra? GeoGebra is an interactive geometry, Read more…

GRUB 2 has outsourced many functions into modules. This makes it possible to load only the required functions and thus smaller core images are possible. You can also use these modules to extend GRUB, e.g. to implement scheduling in GRUB. Read more…

In the first part of this series we have already installed Koha. Before we can record or loan a book, some settings have to be made. A major topic is the bibliographic framework. We already chose MARC21 at the installation. Read more…

Linbo is one of the best features of linuxmuster.net – a free school server solution. I have already described an overview of what is possible with Linbo in one of my last articles. There I mentioned a command line program Read more…

We use OMD/Check_MK to monitor our IT infrastructure. It is easy to use and we always know the status of our network components, servers, printers, etc. Until now we used the “old-stable” version (1.2.8), but the CPU usage increased significantly, Read more…

Many people probably know Evernote or OneNote – two sophisticated note management applications with many great features. One advantage – especially from Evernote – is that it is available on many platforms. Even for Ubuntu there are some unofficial programs Read more…